Posted on 09/16/2009 8:17:22 PM PDT by nuconvert
Soon after Sgt. Jared Monti died -- killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while trying to save a comrade high in the mountains of Afghanistan in 2006 -- his father Paul found hidden in his son's bedroom drawer a bronze star, five Army commendation medals and four Army achievement medals.
"He never told anyone he won them. He was always very humble. He didn't want accolades. He didn't want medals. He wanted his work to speak for itself. When he was a kid he was never one to jump up and down and say 'look at me,'" said Paul Monti.
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“Wins Medal of Honor”?
Receives, ... is awarded ...
wins?
Always sad to read these stories, but so glad I had a chance to serve with me like him and knowing that there are many more out there.
The saddest part is that his Medal of Honor will be presented by an anti-American POS that is the current occupant of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. If it had been my son, I’d probably insist that the presentation be done by someone who was in the Executive Branch when he was killed in ‘06.
I believe this man is a hero. However, if he is deserving of the Medal of Honor then I also believe there are many other heroes who are also deserving of it but will not get it.
How does his heroism compare to this other one?
http://www.history.army.mil/html/moh/afghanistan.html
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